Hammer

hammer

a wall will prompt action
or inaction - it all

depends on the seer

it is only as silent

as thick as night

if only you reach out,

air turns to stone

stone turns to air - 

the mind is a hammer.

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There is something about putting words on print, as opposed to ink on paper. I was still editing this piece as I typed. Like they say, writing poetry is about editing, editing, editing - three times sound about right, but Mary Oliver says it takes about over forty-five drafts before a single, published poem is born, in actual practice. Of course, at times, you can get lucky. But mostly, it is pure, hard work facing a monitor or a notebook.